Third-person shooter RPG Xociety has officially been listed on the Epic Games Store ahead of its upcoming early access launch.

Anyone interested in this web3 title can now wishlist the game to help spread visibility on the Fortnite creator’s platform and to be ready to jump in and play the sci-fi blockchain game in its early phase.

How Will Xociety Early Access Work on the Epic Games Store?

According to the FAQ section of the official store page, Xociety Early Access will give players an early look of the full experience by allowing everyone to queue up for Squad Match. In Squad Match, players work together in 3-player squads to try and collect Motus, which teams need to extract win in order to win the match. Each match can have up to 30 players, making each game an action-packed session of up to 10 teams vying to be the first to extract with Motus in order to secure victory.

When it comes to blockchain integration, some in-game items will be awarded as NFTs, such as avatars and coins, giving players true ownership of their assets to allow the option to trade and resell them on a secondary marketplace. The FAQ mentions plans to set up the game’s own marketplace in which players will be able to not only trade the game’s NFTs, but also make third-party asset transactions as well. The game uses the Sui network to handle the blockchain side of things, with the chain utilizing a Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus mechanism. However, this web3 side of the game is completely optional and can be fully ignored, making it accessible to a wider gaming audience to simply enjoy playing the game without needing to deal with any crypto-related features.

Players do not need to know about any wallet integration, making for a seamless gaming experience, though one other part of the page does mention a requirement to connect an external wallet, with Sui Wallet being the supported option. As there are no in-app purchases early on, players will only be able to make purchases on an external web store to which they can connect to with their own web wallet. In the future though, the developers plan on introducing the option to buy credits as an in-app purchase, and while an in-app purchase function will actually already be in place, “actual purchases will not be supported.” 

As this is a free to play game, you will not need to buy any items to enjoy all of what this extraction-based title has to offer. Purchases are planned to be supported using third-party payment systems instead of Epic Games’ own payment system. By using a third-party payment system, it will actually be possible to make refunds, with details on the refund policy planned to be revealed once the system is properly integrated into the game.

A launch date or timeframe for the Early Access release is not available at the time of writing.

What Is Xociety?

Xociety is an extraction-based third-person shooter with RPG elements. Set in a sci-fi world, players will be able to take on the role of key economic agents and use their voting power to make decisions that influence gameplay, the game’s environment, and its web3-powered economy.

It is planned to be playable as a free to play title on both Windows and Mac. While no system requirements for Mac have yet been revealed, here are the official specifications listed for the Windows version:

  • Minimum:
    • OS: Windows 10 64-bit
    • CPU: Intel i5 5000 or similar
    • Memory: 16 GB
    • GPU: GeForce 1650 GTX or similar
    • DirectX 12
    • Storage: 40 GB
  • Recommended:
    • OS: Windows 10 64-bit
    • CPU: Intel i7 9000 or similar
    • Memory: 32 GB
    • GPU: GeForce 2070 RTX or similar
    • DirectX 12
    • Storage: 40 GB

The web3 gaming community was previously able to try out this TPS earlier this year and play and earn in the Xociety Spotlight Playtest.